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'Quadrillion' tons of diamonds discovered deep below Earth's surface
foxnews.com ^
| 7/17/18
| Jennifer Earl
Posted on 07/18/2018 3:57:58 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
(snip) --- A team of scientists made an enormous discovery when they recently uncovered a "quadrillion" tons of diamonds buried more than 100 miles below Earth's surface, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and several other universities used seismic devices to measure the speed of sound waves traveling through the Earth's crust.
"Sound waves move at various speeds through the Earth, depending on the temperature, density, and composition of the rocks through which they travel," MIT explained in a news release. "Scientists have used this relationship between seismic velocity and rock composition to estimate the types of rocks that make up the Earths crust and parts of the upper mantle, also known as the lithosphere."
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(snip) --- Unfortunately, there's no way to access the gemstones as drills are unable to dig 200 miles into the Earth's crust. But researchers say it proves diamonds aren't as rare as we once thought.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; diamonds; earth; prettyrocks
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........ pretty darn hot down there for mining.
;-)
To: a little elbow grease
So that’s where I left them.
To: Larry Lucido
"So thats where I left them."
LOL........... pretty hot down there, and a little too close to Hades.
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:06:11 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: a little elbow grease
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:09:07 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: a little elbow grease
cuing Bruce Willis to drill down to the diamonds (Armageddon)
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:12:45 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Bob434
....I thought it would be hotter down here.
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:14:29 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: a little elbow grease
Hmmm
Wonder what fortunate or unfortunate nation sits on top of that cache?
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:15:38 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
To: silverleaf
If it exists then the value of a diamond is zero.
To: tom paine 2
The value of a diamond should be very low, even with existing (tappable) supplies. They are however strictly controlled to create the impression of a demand overhang, and marketing has additionally been quite effective in making diamonds seem rare (De Beers old marketing campaign was gold). Diamonds are actually not rare, and if stocks were released inimpeded prices would plummet. A tanzanite or tsavorite Stone, for example, is significantly rarer than a diamond of the same quality and carat.
And no - I am not against diamonds. Got my now wife an engagement ring that could buy a good car, and I find stones lovely, but I am cognizant that diamonds arent what most people think they are.
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:23:55 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: a little elbow grease
If there’s a gazillion....and they bring them up...we’ll be buying diamonds at Walmart.
To: a little elbow grease
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:25:23 AM PDT
by
Category Four
(Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
To: a little elbow grease
The price of diamonds is completely artificially propped up by monopolistic practices already. They’re not scarce at all. Can’t produce them right now, but I’ve seen photos of Russians moving them around in warehouses with payloaders like gravel. You might want to do some research on this for yourself.
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:26:11 AM PDT
by
FNU LNU
To: a little elbow grease
OK...all those who volunteer to go down after them, please step to the front...anybody? anybody? hello?
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:35:21 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(IF it wasn't for the "F-word", and it's deritives, the left would have no message at all.)
To: a little elbow grease
They also sense a very small, crazy duck down there.
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:38:04 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: a little elbow grease
When raised from below into our lower atmospheric pressure from their present high pressure state, they expand and become giant marshmallows.
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:38:38 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: a little elbow grease
Fraudulent headline. They haven’t been discovered. They haven’t been uncovered either. They are still 100% COVERED, with earth, and they will remain covered. So this is a lot of words over nothing.
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posted on
07/18/2018 4:47:23 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
To: I want the USA back
To: a little elbow grease
Lots of gold, silver, and platinum down there as well.
Heck, there’s 38 POUNDS of gold in a cubic mile of seawater.
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posted on
07/18/2018 5:02:18 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: a little elbow grease
I gave my wife a lump of coal for Christmas.
Yea, it was the shiny polished kind.
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posted on
07/18/2018 5:17:49 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: a little elbow grease
'Quadrillion' tons of diamonds discovered deep below Earth's surface Supposedly DeBeers Inc., who monopolizes and controls the diamond market, has a huge trove of diamonds that they won't allow on the market because the price of diamonds would drop precipitously.
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posted on
07/18/2018 6:27:49 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
('DEPLORABLE' Charter Member of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - and DAMN Proud of it!.)
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